With the removal of some trees along the tracks in a northwestern neighborhood of Tacoma, a new location opens up. Here, we see a Charger locomotive leading train number 504 along Puget Sound as it nears the station stop in Tacoma. This vantage will only be possible for Amtrak trains for a few months as trains are once again expected to be diverted onto the Point Defiance Bypass starting next spring.
With two sections of the Empire Builder, the Coast Starlight, Seattle, the Cascade Mountains, Columbia Valley and Puget Sound, Washington state offers rail buffs plenty of variety and beauty.
